Cigarette holder



Patented Jan. 8, 1924 n i i STA;

JEAN e. THEOBALD, on ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS em rates nonnnn.

Application filed must 15, 1923. seriaint'. eizlcse;

or taken apart and the parts nested so as to enable same to be moreeasilycarried in the pocket of the user, or otherwise carried, and

at the same time to prevent escape of the odors or ontact of the partswith the pocketor other carrying means. V p

Still further the invention aims'to' provide a cigarette holder in whichthe parts can be easily and quickly cleaned and-wherein same are ofsimple and economical" con struction.

The invention has still further and other objects which will be laterset forth and manifested in the course of the following description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1, is an elevation of the parts in their housed or collapsedposition;

Figure 2, is a longitudinal sectional view with the parts in operativeposition;

Figure 3, is a like view of one of the end caps, and

Figure 4, is a section on line ll of Figure 2.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention, a tubular body 1is employed preferably of ovaloid cross section, as depicted in Figure4. The body has open ends and altords a combined holder proper for thecigarette and a casing or housing for the mouthpiece 2. The mouthpiecemay be of any desired construction and has a cap 3 attached to its innerend, the cap being formed with a bead 4 intermediate its ends to engagethe end of the body 1. The cap has an end wall 5 formed with a hollowknob '6, the knob having a central perform tion 7 and radialperforations 8, the several perforations affording ports or openingsthrough which the smoke from the cigarette is drawn into and through themouth piece. As shown in Figure 2 the end wall 5 is bowed outwardly fromthe adjacent end of the mouthpiece 2 so as to form a chamber 9 JEANGEORGE THnoaffording ea s to provide free the smoke cap 10' having ajbead l'l is'r'ernov'ably con; nected to thei opposite end otthe tubularbody 1, the two caps IOheingof like construction or formation so as toprovide a symmetrical appeafancewhen the parts are inthe housed orcollapsedposition illustratedin Figure i I also afford tree drawing ofthe cigarette when'the' parts are in the position of Fig ure 2". 1

In operation, with the parts illustrated in the housed position ofFigure 1 will be seen thatthe cap 3 is in a reverse position'to thatillustrated in Figure Q, the mouth piece 2 in Figure 1 l'oeingdisposedon th interior of the body 1, and the cap 10 being applied tothe opposite end o t the' body 1; Iniorfl der to assemble the parts foruse, the cap 10 is removed and also the" rap 3, each being then reversedand insertedljinto the opposite ends of the body l' as' shown-iii Figure2; The cap 10, in the latter instance then serves as a socket or holderto receive the end of the cigarette, while in the position of the ydrawing ofy trom the cigarette} sim larv l of the drawing, and

parts in Figure 1, the cap 10 serves to close the body, the lattercontaining the mouthpiece. The cap 10 if desired can be removed from theFigure 2 andthe cigarette held directly by the body 1. With the parts inthe position of Figure 1 it will be seen that the mouth piece caps 3 and10 serve to close the ends of the body so as to prevent the escape oftobacco odors from either the body or the mouth piece. The parts canthus be carried either in the pocket or in a bag or otherwise, withoutany possibility of the tobacco odors being communicated to the pocket ora bag or the like, and in addition the mouth piece is prevented fromcontacting with thepocket or other carrying media.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. In a collapsible cigarette holder, atubular body open at each end and aitording a holder for the cigaretteand a housing for the mouthpiece, a cap on the inner end of themouthpiece having a bead intermediate its ends and having either of thelatter receivable in the body, said cap having an end wall and a hollowknob extending out formed with a central opening and with is in the bodyand the from the end wall, the knob being i radial openings, and a capof a similar construction having each of the ends thereof, receivable inthe body for closing the op posite end of the body in one position andin a reversed position afi'ording a holder proper for the cigarette.

2. In a collapsible cigarette holder, a

tubular body open at each end and afiording a holder for the cigaretteand a housing for the mouthpiece, a mouthpiece, a cap on the inner endof the mouthpiece having either of its ends receivable in the body, anda reversible cap for closing the opposite end of the body and forproviding a holder if. proper for the cigarette.

3. In a cigarette holder, a body having open ends, a mouthpiece, meansto removably connect the mouthpiece to one end of the body and with thelatter providing a holder for the cigarette, said means being formed toconnect the mouthpiece to the body and to house the mouthpiece in thebody, and means for closing the opposite end of the body and foraffording a holder proper for the cigarette.

4. In a cigarette holder, a tubular body, open at each end, amouthpiece, a cap fitted over one end of mouthpiece and having aperforated outer end wall, stop means on the cap between its ends, saidcap in one position having one end engaging in the body to hold themouthpiece therein and in a second position having its opposite endengaging in the body to hold the mouth piece projecting out from thebody so as to enable the latter to serve as a holder proper for thecigarette, and means to close the opposite end of the body.

5. In a cigarette holder, a body, a mouthpiece, means to connect themouthpiece to the body so as to be housed by the latter in one positionand to project outwardly therefrom in a second position, and combinedbody closing and cigarette holding means formed for connection with thebody to close the latter in one position and in a second position tohold the cigarette.

6. In a cigarette holder, a body, a mouthplece, connected to themouthpiece, said caps being reversibly received in the body whereby tohouse the mouthpiece in the body with the other cap closing the body inone position of the parts and in a second position to hold themouthpiece projecting outwardly from the body and with the other capforming a holder proper for the cigarette.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JEAN G. THEOBALD.

Witnesses:

S. N. BARRY,

J. A. MILLER. i 1

and a pan of caps, one of which is

